Putsch Definition

pyo͝och
noun
A sudden, planned attempt to overthrow a government.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Putsch

Noun

Singular:
putsch
Plural:
putsches

Origin of Putsch

  • From German Putsch, from Alemannic German Putsch (“knock, thrust"), of imitative origin.

    From Wiktionary

  • German from German dialectal from Middle High German thrust of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Putsch Sentence Examples

  • After the military putsch in 1980 she went to Europe.

  • Alice and her family suffered hardships during the civil war following the Bolshevik putsch.

  • The French parliament argued that a fascist putsch was looming.

  • Only those who hold such a ridiculously pedantic view could vilify the Irish rebellion by calling it a ' putsch '.

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Words Starting With

PPUPUT

Words Ending With

HCHSCH

Unscrambles

putsch

Words Starting With P and Ending With H

Starts With P & Ends With HStarts With PU & Ends With HStarts With P & Ends With CH

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With H